Two Albemarle County men charged with multiple counts of possession of child pornography have been arrested by Albemarle County police, and a third man sought for identical charges is currently on the run. According to authorities, 27-year-old Stephen Michael Fortney of Crozet and 29-year-old Bryan Petersen Malmstrom of Charlottesville face felony charges for their inappropriate […]
Local residents looking for an environmentally friendly way to dispose of their household hazardous waste must wait until October 6 to get rid of potentially harmful adhesives, pesticides and cleaners.
Coran Chapshaw’s plan for a mixed-used development around downtown Charlottesville’s trademark coal tower is one step closer to reality. At an August 14 meeting, the city Planning Commission unanimously approved an application for a preliminary site plan for the project. The coal tower, a longtime landmark, is now becoming a focus of residents’ worries about […]
The Charlottesville Planning Commission denied an application August 14 to rezone property at the corner of W. Main Street and McIntire Road for which a nine-story building is planned, citing the project’s lack of affordable housing. The proposed high-rise would contain 79 condo units and four retail establishments with more than 180 parking spaces on […]
Charlottesville City Council and the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors both officially declared a "drought warning" on August 16 and approved measures to restrict public water use. The declarations came a day after a recommendation from the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority (RWSA) upgrading the situation to the second of three stages of possible water-shortage […]
Charlottesville City Council and the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors both officially declared a “drought warning” on August 16 and approved measures to restrict public water use.
We've got the Best of C-VILLE, but what about the priciest? At a few of this year's winning retailers, we went poking around—for no real reason except maybe some kind of weird class envy—in search of the highest-priced item we could find there. Perusing Whole Foods Market, we spotted a 16-ounce container of pasteurized jumbo lump crab meat: $31.99.
The City of Charlottesville will help fund a study to define an optimal population for the Albemarle-Charlottesville community. A request for $11,000 by the Advocates for a Sustainable Albemarle Population (ASAP) was unanimously approved by City Council at its August 6 meeting. The city’s contribution comes on the heels of a $25,000 appropriation from Albemarle […]
Smile, you’re on candid camera: The General Assembly has made it easier for localities to put cameras on traffic signals. Prime candidates in the city include the Preston-McIntire intersection. Red-light runners may soon be smiling for "photo red" cameras at problematic intersections in Charlottesville and Albemarle County. As of July 1, localities have the legal […]
The number of us employed by UVA. It’s expected to increase by at least 300 this year. One out of every five of us who work works for UVA. If that wasn’t enough, now the University is looking to hire even more employees, from those who are both "physically capable" and "able to read and […]